Maligcong rice terraces honored with official heritage marker
MUNICIPAL leaders from Bontoc, Mountain Province receive the official heritage marker for the Maligcong Rice Terraces from National Commission for Culture and the Arts officials at the Metropolitan Theater in Manila.
Photograph courtesy of Municipality of Bontoc/fb
BONTOC, Mountain Province — The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) officially turned over a heritage marker for the Maligcong Rice Terraces of Bontoc, Mountain Province, during a ceremony held Monday.
The handover took place at the NCCA Cultural Properties Regulation Division, located at the Metropolitan Theater in Ermita, Manila.
Bontoc Municipal Mayor Franklin C. Odsey and Municipal Tourism officer Elizabeth S. Farnican received the marker on behalf of the local government.
The presentation was conducted by Maria Frances Quito, head of the NCCA Declaration and Public Heritage Section, alongside Administrative Officer Jeanne Therese Maling.